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Show 5 After boiling and cooling, the mulberry bark was stripped from the stalks Thiswas accomplished by cutting the bark from end toend and peelingth barkfrom the stalks, as shown in the illustration, Only th bark wasre tained, the stalks being used for fuel in a later process of the preparation o -material for papermalking, Thestripped barkwas hungon linesin th sun. This process required twoor three days, and like most of the othe labour was performe by women. The finest and whitest paper wa ‘madefrom bark that was not tooold, so great care was taken in sortin of car or labour would compensate fo While there is noearly treatise on the making sumata its preparation was about the same as mulberry bark Digital image© 2004 Marriott Library, Universiy of Utah. All ights reserved |